Nigel Farage has told GB News that he will "be in America a lot" on the lead up to the US election as fans have been left fuming that the "the United States of America election matters more to him than the United Kingdom one."
This comes after the former Ukip leader put out a statement on social media today that said he is "fully supportive of Richard Tice's leadership" but he it is "not the right time" for him to go "any further than that".
Explaining his reasoning for declining to stand as a candidate, Farage said he instead intends to help with the election campaign in the US.
Speaking to Tom Harwood on GB News, Tom asked him: "There was a significant part of your note that you wrote this morning that got a lot of people who are big fans of yours riled up a little bit.
"That was the suggestion, the implication that the United States of America election matters more to you than the United Kingdom general election?"
Farage said: "The American election doesn't matter more to me. It matters more to us, and matters more to the world. We are closer now than we've been at any point since the Cuban Missile Crisis to a serious global war.
He added: "World War Three matters more to this country than who wins the next election."
